This week's European downloads - December 12 (Shovel Knight, STEINS;GATE, Talos Principle and more)

Nintendo eShop (Switch)

STEINS;GATE 0 (Spike Chunsoft US) - €29.99/£26.99 (€26.99/£24.29 until December 17)
A new story in the critically-acclaimed STEINS;GATE series. From the depths of despair--explore a whole new world line. Your favorite characters return alongside a brand new cast!

STEINS;GATE 0 continues the time travelling theme - but adds artificial intelligence as its central hook. Help a group of young students bend time to their will and prevent the onset of World War 3. Beautiful artwork and engaging story for an unforgettable experience. Tells the story of an 'Alternate Worldline' - what happens if players failed the original story. Interact with the story using your smart phone - answering (or not!) your phone, and your responses, will determine the outcome to the story.

Fishing: Barents Sea Complete Edition (astragon) - €29.99/£25.99
Take the helm of your very own fishing boat in Fishing: Barents Sea and explore the vastness of the Norwegian sea in search for the best fishing zones. Start with the little boat inherited from your grandfather, catch fish and earn money for upgrades as well as bigger and better boats. Enjoy the beautiful Barents Sea and make your fishing industry dreams come true.

Learn how to catch different kinds of fish with various fishing equipment on 12 different ships. Whether it's line or net fishing: Every method is easy to learn, but hard to master – time to show what you are made of!

Riverbond (Cococucumber) - €21.99/£17.99 (€17.59/£14.39 until December 16)
Embark on a heroic journey to complete missions, battle adorable enemies, and smash everything into tiny cubes! Will you and your friends be the legendary heroes of Riverbond?

The Knight has imprisoned the leaders of the Eight Worlds, causing chaos, droughts and disarray! Adventure together to defeat evil and help the charming citizens of Riverbond in this action-packed journey through beautiful, hand-crafted worlds. Unlock a variety of weapons, equip new skins, and activate power-ups to hack and slash your way to glory!

STEINS;GATE: My Darling's Embrace (Spike Chunsoft US) - €29.99/£26.99 (€26.99/£24.29 until December 17)
Fall in love with the lab members all over again in this sweet and slapstick romantic comedy!

Follow Your Heart
Explore the private life of Rintaro and your favorite lab members in a series of "What if?" scenarios.

Love Isn't a Science
The hard science of STEINS;GATE takes a back seat to let the slapstick story run wild!

Phone Trigger System
Interact via Rintaro’s cellphone to answer or ignore calls, and send and receive emails. Your everyday choices in life steer the story!

The Talos Principle: Deluxe Edition (Devolver Digital) - €29.99/£26.99
The Talos Principle is a philosophical first-person puzzle game from Croteam, the creators of the Serious Sam series, and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (Infinite Ocean). Assume the role of a sentient artificial intelligence placed within a simulation of humanity’s greatest ruins and linked together through an arcane cathedral. Players are tasked with solving a series of increasingly complex puzzles woven into a metaphysical parable about intelligence and meaning in an inevitably doomed world.

Sea King Hunter (COSEN) - €9.99/£8.99
Protect the world’s oceans from giant sea monsters!
Sea King Hunter is a fixed-screen marine action shooting game.
Players will take on huge sea monsters that are rampant in various places, earn rewards, get special armor with the rewards they have, and take on even stronger UMA.
In the two-player cooperative play mode, players will take on UMA for a high score.

Shovel Knight Showdown (Yacht Club Games) - €8.99/£7.99
Shovel Knight Showdown is the ultimate platform fighting experience, where you can duel with up to 4 players and scramble after gems as your favorite heroic or villainous knight from the Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove saga. Gather your pals for endless multiplayer clashes, or choose from more than 16 playable characters in Story Mode, each with their own unique story to tell. Master every move, explore a vast array of items and locales, and discover new revelations in Shovel Knight Showdown!

Shovel Knight: King of Cards (Yacht Club Games) - €8.99/£7.99
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Make way for Shovel Knight: King of Cards, the grandest adventure in the Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove saga! Step into the gilded boots of King Knight as you leap, Shoulder Bash, and twirl your way to a kingdom of your own in this regal prequel. Gather cards, take on challengers, and build a deck in the all-new card game, Joustus! Travel through strange worlds, gather new subjects, best the Joustus Judges, and become King of Cards! World-class platforming, exquisite visuals, a story with heart, action-packed stages, masterful music, glorious new bosses, and more await you in Shovel Knight: King of Cards.

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (Techland) - €19.99/£17.99
From gold mines to saloons, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger is a real homage to the Wild West tales. Live the epic and violent journey of a ruthless bounty hunter on the trail of the West’s most notorious outlaws. Blurring the lines between man and myth, this adventure made of memorable encounters unveils the untold truth behind some of the greatest legends of the Old West.

Football Manager 2020 Touch (SEGA) - €34.99/£29.99
Football Manager 2020 Touch is the speedier way to experience life at the helm of the world's greatest football clubs. Whether you’re on the move or in front of the TV, how you get to the top is up to you.

Your role may be streamlined but your choice of club is certainly not with 116 leagues and 51 nations to set up home and craft your footballing philosophy at. Will you take a lower league challenge or jump straight in at one of the game’s elite?

Taking full advantage of the Nintendo Switch controller options and a bespoke user interface, you’ll speed through the seasons, skipping the pre-match proceedings and media circus to focus your attention on the best bits – squad building and Match Day. The rest you can leave to your backroom team.

Dauntless (Phoenix Labs) - Free
Battle for survival at the edge of the world. As a Slayer, it's up to you to hunt down the boss-sized Behemoths that are devouring the land. Team up with millions of players as you master challenging co-op battles, craft deadly weapons and powerful armor, and forge your legend as a Slayer of Ramsgate.

Dauntless is a free-to-play online action RPG from Phoenix Labs. Look forward to regular updates, seasonal events, new Behemoths, and more in a rich, evolving world.

BATTOJUTSU (Caerux) - €4.99/£4.99 (€1.99/£1.99 until January 1)
Simple Fighting Game.
Player need to push buttons faster than the other players.
Player can choose 3 difficulty level and Player can play easy.

Cardpocalypse (Versus Evil) - €24.99/£22.49 (€19.99/£17.99 until December 19)
Make friends, play cards, twist the rules, become a Mega Mutant Power Pets master, and try to save the world in this single-player RPG about being a 90’s kid. On her first day at Dudsdale Elementary, 10-year old Jess accidentally gets everybody's favorite collectible card game banned, forcing the kids to take their card battles underground. Troubles arise when mutants from the game invade the real world, and it’s up to Jess and friends to stop them.

Gensou Skydrift (UNTIES) - €21.99/£19.79 (€17.59/£15.83 until December 31)
A Touhou Project racing game is here!

In the mystical land of Gensokyo somewhere in Japan, humans and yokai live together in strange harmony. One day, some girls notice that their spirit energy is weak. Yokai specialist Reimu Hakurei and her friend Marisa Kirisame spot someone running off on a racetrack...

BQM -BlockQuest Maker- COMPLETE EDITION (Wonderland Kazakiri) - €22.97/£20.97
Includes:
- BQM -BlockQuest Maker-
- Samurai Era DLC
- Cyber Century DLC

Arcade Archives Frogger (HAMSTER) - €6.99/£6.29
"FROGGER" is an action game released by KONAMI in 1981. Guide a lost frog to the house on the other bank within the time limit. There will be many obstacles to overcome on the way home. Time your way safely across dangerous roads full of cars and rivers where alligators and snakes lie in wait.

SuperEpic: The Entertainment War (Numskull Games) - €14.99/£14.99
In a not-too-distant future dystopia, a single videogame development company, Regnantcorp, controls an Orwellian society by enslaving the population with their addictive free games.

As a rebellious racoon, along with your llama steed, you'll explore a surreal castle-like office full of enemies, challenges, secrets and corporate pigs. Break into their headquarters, uncover the conspiracy and save videogames!

Jamestown+ (Final Form Games) - €15.99/£14.39 (€13.27/£11.94 until December 18)
Set on 17th-century British colonial Mars, Jamestown+ is a neoclassical cooperative shoot-em-up for up to four players. Lush pixelart and an award-winning orchestral soundtrack immerse you in Raleigh’s battle to protect Britain’s last bastion: Jamestown colony. It's designed to be an exciting experience whether this is your first shoot 'em up or your hundredth!

Dead End Job (Headup Games, available December 13) - €16.99/£13.99 (€14.44/£11.89 until December 20)
Dead End Job sends you into a madcap, whacky world to bust up ghosts. It’s a procedurally generated, couch co-op, twin-stick shooter that straps a vacuum pack to your back, and puts a plasma blaster in your hand. For you, it’s just another day in the office.

Event Horizon: Space Defense (Drageus Games, available December 13) - €6.99/£6.29 (€3.49/£3.14 until January 5)
Set in the captivating Event Horizon universe, this hardcore game puts you in control of a massive space fleet at war with over twelve alien factions. Make the best decisions in two crucial phases: strategic building and adrenaline-fueled battles.

You will have to trace your own path to victory from a large variety of possible items, features and actions. You should also travel to hunt giant space worms, investigate helpful beacons and scavenge wreckages for new assets.

Let's Sing 2020 - Platinum Edition (Koch Media, available December 13)


Downloadable Content

Trine 4: Toby's Dream (Modus Games) - Free
Experience Toby's Dream, a special bonus level for Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince.

Pinball FX 3 - Williams Pinball: Volume 5 (Zen Studios) - €9.99/£8.99
The stunning collection of three authentic Williams and Bally tables includes TALES OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS, CIRQUS VOLTAIRE and NO GOOD GOFERS.

DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2: Ultra Pack 2 (Bandai Namco Entertainment) - €7.99/£6.49
Play as Android 21, an original character from Dragon Ball FighterZ, and experience her malicious hunger. The reincarnation of Majin Buu, Majuub will also be joining the fight.

- 2 new characters: Android 21, Majuub
- 5 new Parallel Quests
- 8 Additional Skills
- 5 Costumes/Accessories
- 8 Super Souls

Pic-a-Pix Pieces: 15x15 Pieces Pack 12 (Lightwood Games) - €2.99/£2.99
Another 48 puzzle grids to solve at 15x15, which will form two more spectacular pictures.

Pic-a-Pix Pieces: 20x20 Pieces Pack 12 (Lightwood Games) - €2.99/£2.99
Another 48 puzzle grids to solve at 20x20, which will form two more spectacular pictures.

BQM -BlockQuest Maker-: 2nd DLC “Cyber Century” (Wonderland Kazakiri) - €4.99/£4.49
The second DLC for BlockQuest Maker comes with cyber themed map and event parts, as well as new dungeon currency system.

Let’s Sing 2020: Song Pass (Koch Media, available December 13)


Demos

Link-a-Pix Deluxe Christmas Demo (Lightwood Games)
Link-a-Pix is a clue-linking puzzle, solved by painting lines between clues which have the same colour and number. The number shows the length of the line which will connect them. The Christmas demo offers a preview with four seasonal pictures in different sizes.

Pre-orders

JDM Racing (Nikita Alexeevich) - €4.99/£4.49 (€3.49/£3.14 until December 19)
Pre-Load ends 20/12/2019, 14:59 local time

Experience the real drive, sense the speed and feel a surge of adrenaline from skidding in a new racing game from the creators of Drift Legends.

Link-a-Pix Deluxe (Lightwood Games) - €7.99/£6.99
Pre-Load ends 02/01/2020, 14:59 CET

Link-a-Pix is a clue-linking puzzle, solved by painting lines between clues which have the same colour and number. The number shows the length of the line which will connect them.

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath (Oddworld Inhabitants) - €29.99/£26.99 (€23.99/£21.59 until December 30)
Pre-Load ends 23/01/2020, 19:59 CET

Along comes Stranger, a tall, dark and enigmatic bounty hunter with a mission to capture troublemakers and scoundrels and return them to civilized townships for incarceration.

But Stranger is keeping a secret and needs expensive surgery to survive. In his quest to earn enough Moolah, Stranger reluctantly accepts the ultimate bounty from the owner of the Mongo River and suddenly his adventure takes a very different turn.

Farabel (Drageus Games, available December 13) - €9.99/£8.99
Pre-Load ends 20/12/2019, 00:59 local time

The strategy game that starts at the end! You know how to level up, but can you level down? Be smart to survive!